Italian motion picture actor of the Silent Era. Before his cinema career, Pagano was a stevedore who worked at the port of Genoa. There, he was discovered and selected to play the role of Maciste, a muscular slave, in the silent movie classic Cabiria in 1914. As the originator of this role, he went on to play the character for the next 14 years in a series of sequels. Pagano became an international star. In the 1920s he was one of the most well paid actors in Italy, receiving up to 600.000 lire a year. The actor retired from films in 1929 to marry and raise a family in his home town of Genoa. He died there, aged 68, and is buried on the family estate in Italy.
Movie | Giuditta e Oloferne | Holofernes | 1929-01-01 |
Movie | Gli ultimi zar | 1928-08-01 | |
Movie | Il gigante delle Dolomiti | Maciste, la guida alpina | 1927-01-20 |
Movie | Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni | Maciste | 1926-02-11 |
Movie | Maciste contro lo sceicco | Maciste | 1926-02-28 |
Movie | Maciste in Hell | Maciste | 1925-10-19 |
Movie | Maciste e il nipote d'America | Maciste | 1924-03-01 |
Movie | Maciste imperatore | Maciste | 1924-11-01 |
Movie | Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento | Maciste | 1923-11-17 |
Movie | Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51 | Maciste | 1923-03-01 |
Movie | Maciste und die chinesische Truhe | Maciste | 1923-07-01 |
Movie | Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ... | Maciste | 1922-06-01 |
Movie | Maciste salvato dalle acque | Maciste | 1921-03-01 |
Movie | La Rivincita di Maciste | Maciste | 1921-08-18 |
Movie | Maciste in vacanza | Maciste | 1921-05-01 |
Movie | La trilogia di Maciste | Maciste | 1920-05-01 |
Movie | Maciste innamorato | Maciste | 1919-05-01 |
Movie | Maciste the Sleepwalker | Maciste | 1918-01-01 |
Movie | Maciste poliziotto | Maciste | 1918-04-01 |
Movie | Maciste medium | Maciste | 1918-04-01 |
Movie | Maciste atleta | Maciste | 1918-05-02 |
Movie | Maciste the Ranger | Maciste | 1916-01-01 |
Movie | The Warrior | 1916-12-06 | |
Movie | Maciste | Maciste (as Ernest Pagano) | 1915-05-02 |
Movie | Cabiria | Maciste | 1914-06-01 |